Verboticisms

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: θôrnikāshən

Sentence: Charlie is very good at getting under the skin of his co-workers. He doesn’t mean to be annoying but his habitual activities amount to thornication.

Etymology: thorn (a thorn in someone’s side - a source of continual annoyance or trouble) + fornication (two people not married to each other having sex)

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COMMENTS:

love it...so prickly! - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:55:00

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt

Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.

Etymology: agitate + trait

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Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: kwaa bit

Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...

Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.

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COMMENTS:

Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00

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Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: derth-kwirk

Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes

Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.

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COMMENTS:

ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00

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Created by: adbern

Pronunciation: nes-di

Sentence: you never take a shower, you'r a nasdi

Etymology: nasty en dirty

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Created by: ErWenn

Pronunciation: /'tik-&l-"mE/

Sentence: While the toddler quickly learned that affecting a lisp was a good way to get adults to do what she wanted, it wasn't until long after it started having the opposite effect that she realized it for the tickleme it was.

Etymology: As in the "Tickle-me Elmo" doll. Some (not all) may have found it once cute, but no talking toy with less than a 50-sentence vocabulary can help but become annoying after awhile.

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting

Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.

Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating

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COMMENTS:

Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00

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Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: pig/no/bil/it/ee

Sentence: His pattern of pignobility left her with a fetid feeling that their relationship would not survive a week.

Etymology: pig (metaphor for dirty) + ignobility (offensive behavior)

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: re-lei-sjon- bug

Sentence: Sandra was in debug-mode; It was time to remove Jack's relationbug's or terminate the program!

Etymology: relationship - a strange interface between java.human.man() and java.human.woman() ************ bug - undocumented feature in a microsoft-application.

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COMMENTS:

I like it. It even works without the CS reference, as in "to bug someone." It'd be better as two words, but we don't really have that option here. Gets my vote anyway. - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:46:00

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Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve

Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.

Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)

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